Dear Colleague!

I am sending another article by I. Gylka. The author reminds [us]: I am awaiting an advance.

It is absolutely necessary to reply to him at once (it is possible through me, but it must be on a separate sheet). The author lives in Lemberg, is specially studying his subject, and such a contributor must be attracted. I advise once again that an advance be issued to him and in any case that he be answered at once.

N.B.: If Gylka's articles do not work out, return them to him at once without fail!

We received the package and cannot help but lodge a complaint.

Books — only one! Please explain why. Have other contributors taken the remaining books that came to the editorial office? For a limited time or permanently? Then we ought to arrange for the package to be sent on a temporary basis. We repeat: it is impossible to work without books.

The office should treat this matter more carefully.

We received the "Voter's Companion" 2½ weeks *after* its publication! And sending [it] at once would have cost only 5 kopecks...

There has indeed been a delay with the newspapers. We are sitting without newspapers and will sit [idle] 2-3 more days.

I would strongly advise sending a reporter to the city administration to find out how many applications are coming in from tenants and to begin systematically [collecting information]

* from which districts? streets? etc. in more detail.